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From: Ian Dalziel on 26 Jun 2008 12:19 On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:35:40 +0100, "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >"Peter Parry" <peter(a)wpp.ltd.uk> wrote in message >news:bc8764lr2b348kohkkbtqt8vi99190gmq9(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:02:47 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) >> wrote: >> >>>Denon charge �500 for an ethernet cable. That really does make me laugh. >> >> A bargain. Mr Andrews will sell you a digital 1m phono/phono lead for >> �607.50. Which is not to be sniffed at as his analogue 1m phono leads >> are �1,530. However the digital ones do give a "more articulate >> bass". >> >> He even has a graph showing how digital "interconnects" compare with a >> vertical scale of "sweetness and naturalness" and a horizontal scale >> of "Spaciousness/dimensionality" (with a note saying it isn't a >> technically measured graph!). It's amazing how both improve as price >> increases. >> >> Having paid �607.50 for your digital wire it is of course important >> that you "burn it in" as the signal won't be pure until you do. It's >> also important to get it the right way around as "All cables - yes all >> cables have signal directionality. By 'directional' I mean that in one >> direction, the sound is slightly louder, has lower distortion, is a >> cleaner, smoother, sweeter, and has a deeper bass and overall wider >> dynamic range.... ". >> >> Once you have "directionalised" your cables "The sound stage will >> become more stable, phase accuracy improves, three-dimensionality >> becomes more pronounced and the whole system will sound more >> relaxed..." >> >> Perhaps our enthusiastic polisher had his more expensive wires in >> upside down? >> >Blimey - do you also need a better 13 amp plug in case any impurities in the >brass pins cause interference to the sound? > You mean you're not using gold plated plugs and fuses? Noob! -- Ian D
From: Brimstone on 26 Jun 2008 12:26 Ian Dalziel wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:35:40 +0100, "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> > wrote: > >> >> "Peter Parry" <peter(a)wpp.ltd.uk> wrote in message >> news:bc8764lr2b348kohkkbtqt8vi99190gmq9(a)4ax.com... >>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:02:47 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve >>> Firth) wrote: >>> >>>> Denon charge �500 for an ethernet cable. That really does make me >>>> laugh. >>> >>> A bargain. Mr Andrews will sell you a digital 1m phono/phono lead >>> for �607.50. Which is not to be sniffed at as his analogue 1m >>> phono leads are �1,530. However the digital ones do give a "more >>> articulate bass". >>> >>> He even has a graph showing how digital "interconnects" compare >>> with a vertical scale of "sweetness and naturalness" and a >>> horizontal scale of "Spaciousness/dimensionality" (with a note >>> saying it isn't a technically measured graph!). It's amazing how >>> both improve as price increases. >>> >>> Having paid �607.50 for your digital wire it is of course important >>> that you "burn it in" as the signal won't be pure until you do. >>> It's also important to get it the right way around as "All cables - >>> yes all cables have signal directionality. By 'directional' I mean >>> that in one direction, the sound is slightly louder, has lower >>> distortion, is a cleaner, smoother, sweeter, and has a deeper bass >>> and overall wider dynamic range.... ". >>> >>> Once you have "directionalised" your cables "The sound stage will >>> become more stable, phase accuracy improves, three-dimensionality >>> becomes more pronounced and the whole system will sound more >>> relaxed..." >>> >>> Perhaps our enthusiastic polisher had his more expensive wires in >>> upside down? >>> >> Blimey - do you also need a better 13 amp plug in case any >> impurities in the brass pins cause interference to the sound? >> > > You mean you're not using gold plated plugs and fuses? Noob! Gold plated? What a cheapskate!
From: Derek Geldard on 26 Jun 2008 17:18 On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:05:53 +0100, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >On 25/06/2008 01:25:49, wrote: >> Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> >>> On 24/06/2008 22:26:58, wrote: >>> >>> > The "I can tell the difference between a �30 and a �150 cable" bunch >>> > amuse me because they seem to have no concept of how the signal is >>> > conveyed within each of the audio devices in the chain. >>> >>> Why do I need to know? >> >> Because if you did know then you wouldn't obsess about "interconnects". > >I would be better informed about the science, but I am actually interested on >their effect on my system - that effect may be purely psychological, but if >the effect is enough to give more pleasure to the music, then that is reason >enough to use them. Send me money. You wouldn't believe how good it will make you feel. 8-| Derek
From: Steve Firth on 26 Jun 2008 18:10 Derek Geldard <dgg(a)miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Send me money. Oi! I got in first, this mark is mine, find your own patch.
From: Martin on 30 Jun 2008 09:06
My favourite sillyness is gold plated optical cables - WHY! |